Navy orders hailing devices from LRAD

The U.S. Navy has awarded LRAD Corp. of San Diego a $6.2 million contract to produce an undisclosed number of acoustic hailing devices for American warships.

The Navy already uses many of LRAD’s manually controlled hailing devices, which are designed to send acoustic sounds and messages up to 1.8 miles to warn unidentified vessels that they are getting too close to a warship. Now, the Navy is incorporating LRAD’s remotely controlled devices into shipboard protection systems.

The first of the new hailing devices will be sent to the Navy by the end of the year, the company says.